Open a command prompt on
a Linux or Windows system on which you installed vCLI. Enter commands into that
command prompt, specifying connection options.

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Access the vMA Linux
console. DCLI does not support the vi-fastpass connections available from vMA.

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Prepare scripts that contain
DCLI commands. Then run the scripts as vCLI scripts, from the
vCenter Server
Windows command prompt, or from the
vCenter Server
Appliance shell. Use the credential store options to
authenticate. Passwords are not supported in scripts.